Eeyore, the old grey donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water. "Pathetic," he said. "That's what it is. Pathetic." He turned and walked slowly down the stream for twenty yards, splashed across it, and walked slowly back on the other side. Then he looked at himself in the water again. "As I thought," he said. "No better from this side."
Eeyore's Bio
Description: A donkey, about 18 inches tall and 27 inches long. Stuffed with sawdust. Intelligent and quiet. Keeps to himself. Always depressed. Current resident of the House at Pooh Corner.
Lives: 100 Aker Wood Southeast, Eeyore's Gloomy Place.
Favorite Thing: Being remembered on his birthday.
Things He Likes: Thistles, pots, and red balloons.
Things He Dislikes: Being bounced, swimming, and broken thistles.
Biggest Problem: His tail keeps coming off.
Second Biggest Problem: His house keeps falling down.
Quotes
"Thanks for noticing me"
"Bouncy or coffy, it's all the same at the bottom of the river. Nobody
Minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that's what it is."
"Try not to sit down on thistles; it takes all of the Life out of them.
Besides, someone might have planned on eating them for lunch."
"A mostly sunny day, to some, can look a lot like partly gray."
"I don't hold with all the washing. This modern Behind-The-Ears nonsense."
"One can't complain. I have my friends. Someone spoke to me only yesterday."
"Whenever a Very Bouncy Animal arrives in the Forest, and you are told that he has just come, the thing you should ask is: 'When is he going?'"
"No give and take. No exchange of thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation."
"It's bad enough being miserable, but it is even worse when everyone else claims to be miserable, too."
"After all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow."
"It's not much of a tail, but I'm sorta attached to it."
"When trying to rescue friends from a tree, make sure the plan doesn't involve having everybody stand on your back."
"A little Consideration, a litle Thought for Others, makes all the difference. Or so they say."
"We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."
"When you shout 'Is anybody at home?' into a rabbit hole, and a voice answers 'No!' it probably means you're not welcome."
"'And how are you?' said Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. 'Not very how,' he said. 'I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time.'"
"When someone says 'How-do-you-do,' just say that you didn't."
"Good Morning. If it is a Good Morning, which I doubt."
It Was There...Now It's Gone
You think you can
Depend on tails.
You don't expect tails
To go wrong.
The last time I looked
It was right there.
Now when I look there,
It's gone.
It was always
Just behind me,
Always tagging along.
A little something
at the back...
I thought it was there,
And it's gone.
I assumed it was
Attached to me,
That it actually
Hung true.
I'd hoped it was stuck
Very firmly on.
Maybe we needed
Some glue.
It used to trail
Right behind me,
Always tailing along.
My little extra
At the back...
I thought it was there,
Now it's gone.
from "Lessons from the Hundred-Acre Wood" by Hallie Marshall
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